Everytime i get online am treated to every person using ryu and that dam fireball move over over again its so bloody annoying! You cant get hit in becuz people are abusing that move to win a fight its pathetic :(

When Street Fighter 4 originally launched, it was the same deal. You have to learn how to get through these situations. Learn to use Focus attacks in order to stop a fireball and continue movement, learn which moves your characters have that go through fireballs for when you get up close.

I know that fireball spam is a noob tech that works only against noobs. All you have to do is learn how not to be a noob and you'll be able to take it.

Which character do you use? I could probably give you some better advice if I knew.

Okay, Adon has this wicked awesome move. I can't recall the name right this moment (maybe it was Jaguar Strike), but it's the one where he flips forward and kicks down. When you get near the opponent (like a fireballs distance away), that's an ideal move as it will go over the fireball and nail them in the face.

I confess to doing the same thing with Seth, SONIC BOOM SONIC BOOM SONIC BOOM etcI've had some pretty epic wars with characters playing Ryu though, minutes of throwing fireballs at each other until one of us is either too slow, or jumps over and uppercuts the other in the face. Ryu is better with fireball than Seth is with sonic boom, he can shoot them quicker. If you can't beat them, join them

Hehe:-P ive play alot fighting games mostly marvel vs capcom, dead or alive, tasksunoko vs capcom and rock at them but this is My FIRST time playing street fighter ever. its never really interested me before and in all honesty if DOA Dimension had been out i would got that instead ! it is only my second day of play i didnt expected to be amazing online but caught me short when i fighted 5 people and everyone used ryu and the fireball move and spin kick over over again:-P

If this is your first Street Fighter then you'll have to learn conservation skills. In the Versus series, you gain bars every other combo, but in Street Fighter you have to know when and how to use your gauge effectively. Whether to use it for offense or defense, or just trash it all for a Super. Make sure to learn to use it well.

Projectile spam is annoying. Thankfully each character is designed with a way to handle this, even if it isn't particularly fun. I use Zangief. I haven't played SF4 in a long time, but if he plays like he does in SSF2THDR, he can green punch through it and lariat through it. No big deal, but still disappointing if that's all the competition I'll see tomorrow night online.

If you're playing to win, you should utilize everything you can to do that, even if it includes pissing off your opponent with projectile spam. If they're decent, that tactic won't last very long because they'll figure out a way around it.

I confess to doing the same thing with Seth, SONIC BOOM SONIC BOOM SONIC BOOM etcI've had some pretty epic wars with characters playing Ryu though, minutes of throwing fireballs at each other until one of us is either too slow, or jumps over and uppercuts the other in the face. Ryu is better with fireball than Seth is with sonic boom, he can shoot them quicker. If you can't beat them, join them

That's why i hate playin games like this when people on line act this way. Go through this all the time with any games online with the ps3 so this is nottin new. Im not in a rush to get this game.

seems like you're just upset people are better than you.. Capcom wouldn't keep the feature in if they knew that anyone who knew how to spam one move would win any fight, so obviously that's not the case. Like mentioned previously, there are many ways to get around it, but it does take some effort/practise.